McGraw-Hill Education Nuevos Destinos: Spanish in Review

Product Description This is a core student textbook, which along with two separate workbooks, serves as a bridge between first and second-year Spanish. It is not necessary to have used the original text "Destinos" to use "Nuevos Destinos" and the text retells the original story, while also relating a new mystery involving the Castillo family. The text contains a preliminary chapter and is followed by 15 chapters which correlate to the 15 video episodes available. An authentic literary reading can be found in every other chapter, these are tied in to the cultural focus of the chapter. At the end of each chapter a final writing task brings the themes and information gathered throughout the chapter together. From the Publisher This Innovative new program was designed as a follow-up to the popular Destinos series. Nuevos Destinos can stand alone from the original series. It is not necessary to have watched the original Destinos to use Nuevos Destinos. The Video retells the original Destinos story while also relating a new mystery involving Raquel Rodríguez and the Castillo family. Each chapter opens with a video segment, El video, which systematically reviews the new story line while also reviewing the original story line with a feature called Hace cinco anos (5 years ago). An authentic literary reading is found in every other chapter. These readings are tied to the cultural focus of the chapter. At the end of each chapter a writing activity brings together the theme and information that students have gathered throughout the chapter together in a lesson final task. In the workbooks, students will find additional information about the characters in the video, locations, and information about the principal chapters. The Nuevos Destinos Virtual Reality CD-ROM places students in an office environment. Students complete tasks while working for Raquel Rodriguez, the protagonist from the video. Video-based textbook Virtual Reality CD-ROM Video retells the original Destinos story Two different workbooks